-- Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma: Dart Center has a tips and tools sheet for covering domestic violence.

-- National Network to End Domestic Violence: This organization creates a Domestic Violence Counts census every year. For 2013's census, 87 percent of "identified local domestic violence programs" participated, according to the organization.

-- The most up to date statistics available about domestic violence
-- Contact information for seeking out sources for content
-- Quick reference to domestic violence statutes
-- Best practices and tips for covering domestic violence
-- An easy to access Domestic Violence 101 reference
-- Materials to print about domestic violence in news coverage

The guide was developed by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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Kristen Hare covers local news innovation for the Poynter Institute. Her work for Poynter has earned her a Mirror Award nomination. Hare, a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, spent 5 years as the Sunday features writer and an assistant editor at the St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press, and five years as a staff writer covering race, immigration, the census and aging at the St. Louis Beacon. She also spent two years with the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America. Hare and her family live outside Tampa.